but calling "manuevering"
I think you were either misinformed or you heard it incorrectly. Besides 'circling' there is also a
side-step approach in the US, namely you make an approach to one runway but at the last moment execute a side-step maneuver to a
parallel runway - where you land, by the way both circling and side-steps are called 'maneuvers'. Maneuver is just a generic English word and has no other special meaning in aviation besides what it's obvious meaning is.